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TOY.

APPLICAION FILED OCT. 22, 1919.

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nufmfssfs A TOR/VEVS EDWARD W. TRAUTMAN, OF LONG BEACH, MISSISSIPPI.

TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ang. 31, 1920..

Application led Getober 22, 1919. Serial No. 332,3?5.

To all whom t may concer/a:

Be it known that l, EDWARD illimitati TRAUTMAN, a citizen ot the UnitedStates, and a resident of Long' Beach, in the county of Harrison andState of lilississippi, have invented certain new and usefullinprovements in rloys, ot which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in toys, and has for its object toprovide a device of the character specified wherein the toy has theoutline of a vessel, as, tor instance, an aeroplane, torpedo, ship orthe like, and is provided with a supporting: pulley adapted to run upona cord to which the toy is swiveled, the toy having` `guidingvanes and apropeller, and having` means for explodincY a. torpedo when it strikesan obstruction.

ln the drawings:

Figure l shows the improifed toy in use;

Fig". 2 is an enlarged side view o1 the toy;

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 5m-S3 ot Fig. 2;

Fig'. l is a partial longitudinal section at the iront end ot the toy.

In the present embodiment oli' the invention the improved toy is shapedto simulate an aerial 1iessel, comprising' a body l which may be oi woodor the like, or which may be hollow and ot light metal, vertical andhorizontal rudders 2 and 3 at the rear olf the body, and a .centerboard4.

At the liront of the centerboard there is arranged a propeller 5, thesaid propeller being adapted to be driven by the air as the toy ispropelled through the air. rlfhc toy is adapted to be suspended from acord in'- dicated at (l, by means olz pulley 'i' which is journaled in acasing' or stirrup S adapted to engage over the cord 6.

The stirrup is connected to the body ot the toy by means of a doubleswivel indicated at E), and, preferably, the body is provided at itsliront end with means for eX- ploding a torpedo, as, for instance, thepaper caps used in toy pistols. For this purpose the body has a slot orpassage l0 extendinginwardly from the side and top, and adapted toreceive a paper cap indicated at ll.

A tiring` pin 12 extends from the recess forwardly, beyond the lirontend of the body, and this firing pin is normally held in outwardposition by a spring 13 which encircles the pin between the firing head14: thereot and the body. The liring head lll which limits the outwardmovement oit the firing; pin under the influence of the spring normallyrests against the cap, when the cap is in the recess, and it will beobvious that when the forward end of the liring' pin strikes anobstruction the cap will be exploded.

In use, the cord G is supported at one end by a fixed object, aa/torinstance, a post l5, and the other end is held in the hand oit theoperator. The pulley is placed upon the cord, and by means et the handthe operator propels the toy along the cord. The body has sui'licientweight to cause it to be driven easily under the impulse ot theoperator-s hand, and the toy will move smoothly and swiftly toward thepost. As it strikes the post the cap will be exploded and the force ofthe impact will swing the device into reverse position, so that now thepropeller faces in the opposite direction` lowering;a that end ot thecord which is heldin the hand, the toy will be constrained to run backalong; the cord to the operators hand. rlhe force of the rebound willcause the toy to move for a considerable distance.

lt will be obvious that the toy might be arranged to represent any hindot a vehicle, or it might be arranged to carry small objects, whichwould. be released by the torce of the impact, as, for instance, hot riv@n the return trip el the toy its progr may be regulated by raising andlowering` the string', as indicated in Fig'. l.

l claim: i

l. A toy of the character specitied coniirising' a vessel having'guiding' planes, a pulley connected with the vessel and adapted to runupon a cord connected at one end to a lixed object, a double swivelconnection between the pulley and the vessel, said vessel having` meanstor cxplodiiml a torpedo or cap by contact ot the toy with the lixcdobject.

2. A toy of the character specilied coinprising a vessel having;guiding` planes, a pulley connected with the vessel and adapted to runupon a cord connected at one end to a fixed object, said *vessel havingmeans for exploding a torpedo or cap by contact of the toy with thefined object.

3. A toy of the character specified, coinprising a vessel, a pulleyconnected therewith and adapted to run down a cord supported at one endby a lixed support, said vessel having means for explodinga torpedo orcap by contact ot the toy with a fixed, object.

EDWARD W. TRAUTMAN.

